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Number 5 looks like Kaeo. That would be Kaeo Mountain in the background and Pye’s Hall up the stuff street. Agree with Ross re his comments too. Number 8 is Whangaroa Harbour as Ross states. The Marlin Hotel in the background.

Here’s the same view roughly, the large square front 2 storey Villa in the early photo was a school house (Min Education owned and for teachers), not sure if it is still owned by them but if so I really hope the building is a heritage protected one. This view (pate it in your browser)

see’s just the corner of the roof (red) peeping out. I would like to know who owned the car with this No. Plate back in the day….locals in small town recognise each other by their vehicle passing by – as often as not and it may be a relative of some of us….? Can Te Papa check with the NZ car registrations of the day? I pulled the photo up close and it is clear as a bell, the No. plate, that is.

Rebecca – it is definately Ravensbourne (see above) but the date is uncertain. They could be telegrah lines which were installed between Dunedin and Port Chalmers soon after the Chch to Lyttleton lines were put up in 1862.

Thanks Sue McMillan – I agree that it is Ravensbourne. Looking at the buildings below the church (which seems to have gone now) – there is the Post Office and the old Coronation Town Hall with the site between occupied now by the Lodge Maori No 105. You can also see the two shops back towards Dunedin still there as well.

No.5 may be in Kaeo, Northland, judging by the shape of the supermarket on the corner and the bank opposite. Supermarket still exists.
No.8 is definately at Whangaroa between the township and wharf, the overhanging tree still exists and is seen in many photos of Whangaroa.